20th March

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1616 – Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment.
1852 – Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.
1916 – Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
1933 – Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler ordered the creation of Dachau Concentration Camp as Chief of Police of Munich and appointed Theodor Eicke as the camp commandant.
1942 – World War II: General Douglas MacArthur, at Terowie, South Australia, makes his famous speech regarding the fall of the Philippines, in which he says: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return".
1964 – The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organization) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962.
1972 – The Troubles: The first Provisional IRA car bombing in Belfast kills seven people and injures 148 others in Northern Ireland.
1974 – An unsuccessful attempt is made by a lone perpetrator to kidnap Her Royal Highness Princess Anne and her husband Captain Mark Phillips in The Mall, outside Buckingham Palace, London.
1980 – The Radio Caroline ship, Mi Amigo founders in a gale off the English coast.
1987 – The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT.
1990 – Ferdinand Marcos's widow, Imelda Marcos, goes on trial for bribery, embezzlement, and racketeering.
2003 – Invasion of Iraq: In the early hours of the morning, the United States and three other countries (the UK, Australia and Poland) begin military operations in Iraq.

Births
1828 – Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian poet, playwright, and director (d. 1906)
1908 – Michael Redgrave, English actor and director (d. 1985)
1917 – Vera Lynn, English singer-songwriter and actress
1950 – William Hurt, American actor
1950 – Carl Palmer, English drummer and songwriter (Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Asia, and Atomic Rooster)
1984 – Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer

Deaths
1726 – Isaac Newton, English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (b. 1642)
1992 – Georges Delerue, French composer (b. 1925)
2004 – Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (b. 1909)
2008 – Brian Wilde, English actor (b. 1927)
2010 – Harry Carpenter, English sportscaster (b. 1925)
2013 – James Herbert, English author (b. 1943)
2015 – Malcolm Fraser, Australian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1930)

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